# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2009040018 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — PLAQUEMINE, LA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2009040018
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2009040018 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — PLAQUEMINE, LA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2009-03-07
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-03-07 in PLAQUEMINE, LA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2009040018.
Incident date: 2009-03-07.
Location: PLAQUEMINE, LA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: Union Pacific Railroad.
Shipper: ConocoPhillips Company / REICHHOLD CHEMICAL CO INC.
Materials: NA2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 9; 1500 LGA released | UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 0.007812 LGA released.
What failed: Tank Head / Tank Shell; Tank Shell.
How failed: Cracked / Gouged or Cut; Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment / Derailment; Derailment.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.
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